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purify |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purified}; p. pr & vb n. {Purifying}.] [F. purifier, L. purificare purus pure + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {Pure}, and {-fy}.] 1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence in figurative uses: a To free from guilt or moral defilement; as to purify the heart. And fit them so Purified to receive him pure. --Milton. b To free from ceremonial or legal defilement. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, . . . and purified the altar. --Lev. viii. 15. Purify both yourselves and your captives. -- Num. xxxi. 19. c To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as to purify a language. --Sprat. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purify \Pu"ri*fy\, v. i. To grow or become pure or clear. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purify v 1: remove impurities from "purify the water" [syn: {sublimate}, {make pure}, {distill}] 2: declare holy or pure or free from sin; "he left the monastery ourified" [syn: {sanctify}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Purify A debugging tool from Pure Software.
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